Adding flowers to a design

These three design are basically the same. The variance
is the in color and placement of the flowers
and the Spellbinders Labels used.
The peach and pink flowers were punched from
card stock, while the lavender flowers are from vellum

The card base is covered with a textured piece the exact
size of the card. I used an embossing folder to achieve this texture.
The centers of the flower on the textured pieces
have been accented with various glitter glues.

The scripture was computer generated in PSP X.
The scripture is raised over the lower label layer
with the flat pieces from a paper egg carton.

The flowers were shaped using a large stylus.
I rubbed each flower gently until it cupped around the stylus.
Then the flower was turned over and I again used
the stylus to press in the center.
A tiny sun punch was used for the center on two of the
cards. Again, just rub gently with a smaller stylus until
the paper cups around the stylus, then attach to the flower.

The peach flowers have a pearl product by Stickles in the
center of them. I am not wild about this method. The stuff
goes flat and just sits there and looks pearlie, not at all like
a flower center. ; )

Precious Little Girl

The little girl image is stamped with Ranger Archival coffee
ink on glossy paper. The image is from one of several sheets
of stamps that I order years ago from a company called
Second Star on the Right.
I don't know if you can even find them anymore.

The first layer on the white card base is mauve.
Over that is an embossed texture.
The frame is created with a Spellbinders Label
and Nesting Ovals and is raised over the image with
the flat part of paper egg cartons.
The flourish greenery is a die from Bosscuts.
The remaining greenery and flowers are
from Punch Bunch. The flowers have been
shaped using a large stylus.

Center Step Cards

After two frantic weeks,
I am able to return somewhat to blogging.
There are still some very time sensitive
surveys and Wheat Objective Yield
sample plots to work in a week.

I found the instructions for this fun design on
the Our Daily Bread Designs blog.
It was featured a few weeks later on Splitcoast.

If you have any questions about products used
please leave a comment.

A Birthday Card

The same Sizzix embossing folder was used for
the white and the peach texture.
Spellbinders Beaded Oval die,
one of the Fancy Tags 2 and
Oval and Scalloped Oval are
the dies used to create this card.

Bosscut made the delicate flourish under
the Punch Bunch flowers and leaves.
A pale green metallic paper was used for the leaves.
The flowers have been painted with Lumiere
metallic paint, shaped with a rounded tool from Punch Bunch
and pearls attached to the centers.

The beaded oval is elevated over the card base as
is the tag. I use paper egg carton cut
up to the perfect size and glued to the back
of the oval and the tag.

Today's Card

Not much explanation today.
I had cataract surgery early this morning
and doing this one eyed is a little difficult.

There is a lot of details of how I do this type
of card in previous posts.
Enjoy!

The Path of Life

Very simple and basic designs.
The papers all came from the same unknown stack.
The flowers were created by using a stipple brush
and dark blue Lumiere's paint to cover a
scrap of blue card stock.
After it was totally dry it was
punched with a flower shape punch
from The Punch Bunch.
It was then shaped from the back with a rounded tool
on a mouse pad, turned over, pressed in the center with
the tool and precious jewel added.
OK, just cheap bling-bling, but it looks great.
Each flower has two layers.

The dark brown branches are also from a punch.
They were added whole or in pieces, whatever
it took to make it look right.

The scripture has been created in
Paint Shop Pro X by me.
They have been cut out with
Spellbinders Labels.